I checked out the box office/business details on imdb and this movie was made with only 750,000 dollars, and pretty much all movies in theatres are usually multi-million dollar projects, has there been any other theatre movies cheaper?
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Clerks was made for like $12,000-$24,000 can't remember the exact amount but then again it was never played on a mainstream theater.
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Clerks 1 cost 27k to make. He used credit cards, asked for donations, and sold all his comic books to make it happen.
From what I remember, the movie PRIMER (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/) cost 7k to make, and made it into several theaters across the country, before being a cult success on DVD. Now THAT is some damn fine budget stretching...
But on a personal note, this movie was amazing in theaters. Everyone was either drunk or stoned, no empty seats in the house, and everyone walked out with a HUGE smile on their face. Gotta love ATHF fans...
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I'm shocked that this movie only premiered on 877 screens. I went to see it the day it was released and I live in Oklahoma.
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Nope. I can think bunch movies that went to theaters cheaper than 750,000! Clerks is one of them.
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Paranormal Activity cost $11,000 USD to produce in 2007. Pretty good return on their investment there I'd say (193 million)
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